Luciana Smalls, LPC

Luciana Smalls is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with nine years of clinical experience and more than two decades in human services. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting, adoption and foster care, addictions, ADHD, grief, and life changes. Luciana speaks English and works with adults who want practical strategies and clearer choices.

She uses a blend of client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral ideas, dialectical skills, mindfulness, and elements from Imago relationship work. Sessions tend to focus on developing specific coping skills, changing unhelpful patterns, and practicing new ways to communicate. The tone is direct but supportive; Luciana aims to help people notice what’s getting in the way and try different responses.

Luciana has experience across a range of concerns including parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care challenges, and addictions. She also addresses self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, anger, career stress, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress. Her background in human services informs a practical approach to everyday problems.

Clients can expect collaborative planning that targets short-term goals and skills to use between sessions. She often combines cognitive-behavioral strategies with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to increase commitment to change. Progress is tracked by setting small, observable steps and reviewing what’s most useful.

For someone adjusting to a new household, co-parenting, or the stresses of blended living, Luciana focuses on communication, boundaries, and concrete skills that make daily life easier. She encourages clear goals and steady practice rather than quick fixes.